Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri was awarded the men’s Ballon d’Or on Monday after winning a fourth consecutive Premier League title and Euro 2024, but Real Madrid boycotted the ceremony. The decision to award the prize for the world’s best player to the deep-lying midfielder came as a surprise, with Real Madrid’s Liga and…
The House of Representatives member for Aba North/South Federal Constituency, Hon Alexander Ikwegh, is currently being interrogated by the police over the incident involving him and a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya. Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, disclosed this on Monday. Disu, who spoke with newsmen at the command…
A coalition of Nigerian youth, student, and civil society organizations has demanded the immediate removal of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, citing recent incidents of alleged police brutality under his leadership. The group’s demands follow the arrest and reported mistreatment of Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) Commandant Dickson Akoh, along with other officers, which…
Lagos State Police has arrested a 33-year-old woman, who allegedly stole jewellery worth over $60,000 from her employer, after working as a maid for less than 24 hours, in what investigators believe is part of a larger criminal operation. Ms Alice Udey, who goes by several other fake names, was taken into custody at the…
Preston Paris, a young Black man from a family that traditionally votes for Democrats, will cast his ballot for Donald Trump in his first presidential election on 5 November. Paris says many people expect him to vote automatically for Kamala Harris, a fellow African American, and treat him as if he’s mad for not doing…
A 23-year-old woman, Precious Yusuf, has been found dead along the DLA Road in Asaba, the Delta State capital, after meeting with a male friend whom she met on a dating website called iHappy. According to a statement on Saturday by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, Precious’s body was discovered on…
A student of the Obada Idi-Emi High School in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, identified simply as Ariyo, has died after a teacher allegedly beat him with 162 strokes of the cane for breaking a dustbin. An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday. According to Adetoun,…
The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian militant who belonged to Hamas’s armed wing during a raid on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. In a joint statement, the Israeli military, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet said that they conducted a “counterterrorism operation in Tulkarem to eliminate Islam…
At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of Southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out. No…
A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Four…
